Learning on ScreenFame and Shame of Salvador Dali, The (2 Parts)
- Synopsis
- Profile of the surrealist painter Salvador Dali. Biographer Ian Gibson uncovers the sources of his most startling images. Part 2 explores Dali’s and his wife Gala’s wealth and celebrity in the USA. Also looks at the comercialisation and the dominating themes of Dali’s later work, which included impotence, sexual voyeurism and the latest scientific discoveries, and examines Dali’s controversial declining years, which were plagued by tax problems, fakes of his work, and his physical decay.
- Series
- Omnibus, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 50 min.
- Year of production
- 1997
- Availability
- Sale; 1998 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) both parts
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC1 on 20&21/10/97.
- Subjects
- Art
- Keywords
- Dali, Salvador (1904-1989); paintings
Credits
- Director
- Michael Dibb
- Contributor
- Gillian Greenwood
- Cast
Ian Gibson
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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